What's On in Lyme Regis

Your Complete Guide
to Events and Organisations
in and
around
Lyme Regis

SUMMARY OF 2014/5 LIVE RELAYS AT THE REGENT CINEMA
Lyme Regis

2014

June 12th A Small Family Business Theatre Ayckbourn NT Live 18.45

June 17thBenvenuto Cellini Opera Berlioz ENO 19.00

June 18thHenry IV Part Two RSC 18.45

June 24thManon Lescaut Opera Puccini ROH 18.30

July 19thAndre Rieu 18.45

July 20thMonty Python Live 18.45

Sept.3rdTwo Gentlemen of Verona RSC 18.45

Sept 4thMedea Theatre Euripides NT Live 18.30

Oct 14thOtello Opera Verdi ENO 18.30

Oct 16thManon Ballet Massenet ROH 19.00

Oct 26thLegends of Love Ballet Melikov Bolshoi 14.45

Oct 27thI due Foscari Opera Verdi ROH 19.00

Nov 23rdThe Pharaoh`s Daughter Ballet Pugni Bolshoi 14.45

Nov 26thL`Elisir d`Amore Opera Donizetti ROH 19.00

Dec 7thLa Bayadere Ballet Minkus Bolshoi 14.45

Dec 16thAlice`s Adventures .. Ballet Talbot ROH 19.00

Dec 21stNutcracker Ballet Tchaikovsky Bolshoi 14.45

2015

Jan 25thSwan Lake Ballet Tchaikovsky Bolshoi 14.45

Jan 29thAndrea Chenier Opera Giordano ROH 19.00

Feb 11thLove`s Labour`s Lost RSC 18.45

Feb 24thThe Flying Dutchman Opera Wagner ROH 19.00

Mar 4thLove`s Labour`s Won RSC 18.45

Mar 8thRomeo and Juliet Ballet Prokofiev Bolshoi 14.45

Mar 11thLa Traviata Opera Verdi ENO 19.15

Mar 17thSwan Lake Ballet Tchaikovsky ROH 19.00

Apr 1stRise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Opera Weill/Brecht ROH 19.00

April 19thIvan The Terrible Ballet Bolshoi 14.45

May 5thLa Fille Mal Gardee Ballet Herold ROH 19.00

May 19th Pirates of Penzance Opera G & S ENO 19.15

June 10thLa Boheme Opera Puccini ROH 19.00

July 1stCarmen Opera Bizet ENO 19.15

July 5th Guillaume Tell Opera Rossini ROH 14.30

www.lymeregis.scottcinemas.co.uk

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'If you are housebound or unable to get to your local library, we may be able to arrange for books to be delivered to your home, free at regular intervals by volunteers.

We offer a wide range of fiction as well as information books on country life, cookery, travel, biography and other popular subjects. You can request specific books or subjects.

Large print books are available as well as talking books for people with sight problems, illness or other disabilities.

Books and talking books are delivered to your home by volunteers. All staff and volunteers always carry identity cards. Visits are usually every three weeks. There is no charge for our Home Library Service.

For more details, contact your local library and a member of staff will call to see if we can help you to use the library service.'

Marine Theatre
starts fundraising campaign for new roof

The Marine Theatre has kicked off a fundraising campaign to fund substantial repairs to its roof. “Raise the Roof!” aims to raise somewhere in the region of £95,000 towards a brand new roof for the 119 year-old Lyme Regis building.

Whilst many who visit the theatre in inclement weather may see the presence of 2 children’s paddling pools to catch dripsas a quirky necessity in an ageing building, in reality they tell a different story. An extensive survey has revealed that in order to preserve the Marine, its two roofs are
in desperate need of repair, with the pitch roof needing re-insulating, re-pitching and re-slating. Work to re-gutter, repair mortaring, paint the walls and treat the sea facing timbers, along with the addition of solar panels, will add to the longevity and the economic and environmental sustainability of the theatre.

Lyme Arts Community Trust, which runs the Marine, hopes that a substantial amount will come from grants, but will also be reaching out to the local community and supporters of the theatre to help them raise the rest.

Co-Artistic Director Tim Bell said: “The Marine Theatre building, in its many guises, has played a valuable part in Lyme Regis life for the last 119 years. We want to ensure the building lasts for another 119 years.

We’ve got a great history of fantastic performance here in Lyme. Whether it’s one of the local societies (who date back to the 1920s), Lyme Youth Theatre or one of the dozens of world famous acts that have appeared here over the years (including Jimmy Cagney, Michael McIntyre, Status Quo and Jo Brand) there have always been
excellent, affordable nights out in Lyme. Unless we can fix the roof, that tradition is under threat.

When so many sectors are facing tough, tough cuts, many people may be wondering why it’s worth spending so much money on a theatre. Well, a study published today by Centre for Economics and Business Research has demonstrated that for every pound that's invested in arts and culture six pounds is generated for the local
economy. We are a profitable industry and a thriving theatre that brings a lot of business into Lyme.”

3 years after a bail out from Lyme Regis Town Council, the theatre’s fortunes have turned a corner. At its last report to LRTC the theatre reported audience figures up 48%. Mr Bell added “We’ve received a tremendous amount of Town Council backing over the last 11 years, something we are extremely grateful for. It’s our job
to make sure that money doesn’t go to waste. We have a responsibility to improve the fabric of the building and to keep on delivering great entertainment to the people of West Dorset.”

The first two fundraising events for “Raise the Roof!” have already been announced. On Friday 7th June local favourites The Echoes visit the Marine for a fundraising gig. On Wednesday 10th of July Mark Hix heads up a panel of well know local chefs for a thought-provoking panel discussion on mackerel and
sustainable fishing.

Organisers: Use this page to ask for help; volunteers; sponsors; give advance notice of events and other information about the town

Have you got time to spare to keep part of Lyme’s heritage thriving?

The town’s restored 14th century working watermill produces stone-ground flour from local organic wheat and lies within a courtyard complex in the heart of Lyme containing a
variety of Artisan Shops, Studios, Galleries and a Millers Garden. Spring 2010 will be an exciting time with the opening of the Malthouse Community Space and Lyme Bay Brewing.

Can you spare a few hours a week or month? We need people to regularly volunteer as millers, staffing the gift shop, stewarding the gallery, and helping out to keep the environment, including the gardens and the courtyard, attractive for our visitors. You’ll
find that enthusiastic, generous and friendly people make up the community at the mill. As well as being involved with a unique heritage project you will have the chance to meet many visitors from around the globe.

The Lyme Regis Museum announces the arrival of its fantastic new fossil – The Lyme Bay Ichthyosaur. The museum has acquired the fossilised head of this impressive Jurassic predator – a large dolphin-like reptile that swam the warm seas of prehistoric Dorset. The skull measures over 1.5 metres long and possessed a formidable armoury of razor sharp teeth.

Lyme Regis is the home of palaeontology and the place where Britain’s greatest fossil hunter, Mary Anning discovered the first ichthyosaur and plesiosaur in the early 19th century. The town is situated at the heart of the Jurassic Coast, England’s only Natural World Heritage Site.

Museum Director David Tucker said, “This species of ichthyosaur, called Temnodontosaurus platydon is the same species as the first great ichthyosaur discovered by Mary Anning 200 years ago. Mary Anning’s fossil is in the Natural History Museum, and Lyme Regis has waited two centuries to obtain a similar, large specimen. The fossil was discovered within metres of the
museum. It’s important that museums along the Jurassic Coast are able to display the amazing fossil treasures that are still being found along the coast”. The fossil was found by local collector, Mike Harrison and was purchased for the museum with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Prism Grant Fund.

Lyme Regis Museum is built on the site of Mary Anning’s house and was founded in 1902 by the family of Elizabeth Philpot, Mary Anning’s friend and significant fossil hunter in her own right. The museum has recently featured on ‘Countryfile’ and runs fossil walks, led by expert geologists giving visitors a chance to find their own Jurassic Coast treasures.

For further details contact David Tucker: director@lymeregismuseum.co.uk or 01297 443370. Lyme Regis Museum is open seven days a week from March 20th 2013. Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3QA

Winter Parking Permits

Free parking in Cabanya and Woodmead car parks 1st November 2013 to 31 March 2014 for full-time Lyme Regis Residents only.
Available from Lyme Regis Town Council Office
from 25th October 2013 and can be collected between 10am and midday, and 2pm and 4pm.

Your most recent Council tax bill and vehicle registration document displaying the same address are necessary to obtain a permit

A community choir that meets to sing together in harmony on Thursday evenings, 7.30-9.00 Open to anyone: you don't need any previous experience. Everything is taught by ear. 01297 445078 Email petelinnett@naturalvoice.net

All talks are held at Uplyme Village Hall and are free of charge to members unless otherwise stated. Non-members pay a temporary membership fee of £2. For more details contact Jenny Harding on 01297 444034.

Lyme Regis Writers Group Welcomes writers of all genres and experience. Members share their writing and enjoy constructive and supportive feedback. 2.30 - 4.30 , every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. Tea/coffee kitty 50p Possibility of publishing a group collection next year (2013). St Michaels Business Centre, Pooles
Court. Tel: 01297 22677, email indrielart@live.co.uk